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Second Annual ·

The Mortgage Marketer

Two days of real playbooks for the people who run mortgage marketing. No fluff, no inspiration tour. Just the tactics, frameworks, and proof that move loan volume.

September 9-11, 2026 · Surf & Sand Resort · Laguna Beach, California

Limited to 75 seats
The first of its kind

Every other conference treats marketing as a footnote. We made it the whole agenda.

The Mortgage Marketer is the only event built end to end for the people who actually run mortgage marketing. No side track, no breakout buried on day three. Year one proved the room needed it, so we're back by popular demand.

Year one

This is where mortgage marketers connect

"LOs aren't influencers or big brands. They're plumbers. Be 5-mile famous." From the stage, 2025.

The room that asked us to do it again
Real sessions, real tactics
Frameworks you can use Monday
On the main stage
Be 5-mile famous
Why this room

An intentionally small room

We cap it at 75 on purpose. Small enough that you'll actually meet everyone who matters, in a room of marketing leaders from Guild Mortgage, Guaranteed Rate, PRMG, American Pacific Mortgage, The Money Store, SynergyOne Lending, BankSouth Mortgage, and more of the country's top-20 lenders, trading what's working right now, not what worked three years ago.

17Speakers
9Sessions
11Roundtable topics
75Seats, total
No. 01

Playbooks, not theory

Every session ends with something you can run Monday morning. Templates, workflows, real numbers.

No. 02

AI that actually works

The AI marketing workflows producing real output right now. Not demos, not hype. What's working, and how to run it.

No. 03

Proof, finally

Track and measure the ROI so you can show the proof of what you knew all along: marketing drives loans.

No. 04

The right 75

Marketing leaders from top-20 lenders. Curated, not crowded. The peers you came to meet.

What you'll leave with

Two days. Everything you came for.

A compliance-ready content engineSmart compliance that enables marketing instead of blocking it.
An ROI story leadership believesTie social activity to closed loans and defend the marketing budget.
A loan-officer adoption blueprintReal participation from the field. The part everyone gets wrong.
A recruiting edgeMarketing as a magnet for top-producing LOs, not just borrowers.
A rollout frameworkProof Before Scale: launch enterprise-wide without it stalling.
The networkSeventy-four other people solving the same problems you are.
The lineup

Seventeen speakers, zero filler

Marketing leaders from the country's top lenders, plus the SocialCoach team building the tools they use every day. Every session on the agenda below is led by someone on this list — hover a headshot in the agenda for their full bio.

Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Founder & CEO
SocialCoach

The Future of Mortgage Marketing

Kelly Yale

Kelly Yale

Chief Growth Officer
SocialCoach

Moderator: The Executive Advantage

JH

Jon Hill

Principal Account Executive
Total Expert

An ROI Story Leadership Believes

Brandon Durham

Brandon Durham

Director of Training & Business Technology

The Employee Engagement Playbook

Eric Lescarbeau

Eric Lescarbeau

Customer Success Manager
SocialCoach

Video Pages + Player Cards

Coleen Bogle

Coleen Bogle

Chief Marketing Officer
The Money Store

The Executive Advantage

Lindsey Ricciardelli

Lindsey Ricciardelli

SVP, Marketing & Business Development
American Pacific Mortgage

The Executive Advantage

Robin Clayton

Robin Clayton

Head of Product Strategy, Mortgage Data Solutions
Cotality

The Executive Advantage

DG

Drew Gillett

VP of Marketing
Guild Mortgage

Leveraging AI to Build Scalable Marketing Systems

Jill Johnson

Jill Johnson

Marketing Compliance Manager
Loan Risk Advisors

Creating Marketing Systems Compliance Can Say Yes To

Jordan Wild

Jordan Wild

Chief Technology Officer
SocialCoach

Personalized Customer Feedback Campaigns

Ashley Musick

Ashley Musick

Director of Brand & Communications
SocialCoach

Real Marketing Wins from Leading Mortgage Teams
Moderator: From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem

Kelli Nicholson

Kelli Nicholson

VP of Content & Social Media
Guaranteed Rate

From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem

Ellie Krabbe

Ellie Krabbe

VP of Marketing
SynergyOne Lending

From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem

Kasia Stephenson

Kasia Stephenson

Chief Digital Marketing Officer
Paramount Residential Mortgage Group

From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem

Jessica Swink

Jessica Swink

SVP of Marketing & Digital Strategy
BankSouth Mortgage

From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem

Jelaire Grillo

Jelaire Grillo

AVP MarTech Strategy & Adoption
Prosperity Home Mortgage

The Adoption Framework

The agenda

Three days, built for doers

Every session ends with something you can run when you get home. Roundtable topics repeat throughout the conference, so you never miss the conversation you came for.

Wednesday · Sept 9

Arrival & Welcome Night

4:00 PM
Guest Check-In
7:00 PM
Networking Event · DJ Party (Matty G) Kick things off oceanside with music, drinks, and 74 other people solving the same problems you are.
9:00 PM
Event Ends
Thursday · Sept 10

Full Conference Day

7:30 AM
Light Breakfast Buffet (included)
9:00 AM
Session Welcome Welcome to the event and an introduction to what's ahead.
Joe WilsonFounder & CEOSocialCoach
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Founder & CEO
SocialCoach

Joe Wilson is the founder and CEO of SocialCoach, the social selling platform trusted by 7 of the top 20 mortgage lenders in the country. A former loan officer and mortgage technology executive with 20+ years of industry experience, Joe helps financial institutions turn social media into authentic relationships and revenue while protecting their brand. SocialCoach empowers teams to create compliant content at scale and add 20%+ to their pipeline.

9:30 AM
Session An ROI Story Leadership Believes How to prove ROI in a way leadership actually understands, not by tying one post to one loan, but by connecting the leading indicators marketing drives (engagement, CRM activity, nurture) to the lagging indicators executives care about: applications, funded loans, and repeat business.
JH
Jon HillPrincipal Account ExecutiveTotal Expert
10:15 AM
Break
10:30 AM
Breakout Breakout Session #1
Industry Track

The Employee Engagement Playbook: Using Video to Connect, Recruit, and Retain

Using video to connect your team, recruit new talent, and keep your best people around, including how personalized video can double as a recruiting tool.
Brandon DurhamDirector of Training & Business Technology
Brandon Durham

Brandon Durham

Director of Training & Business Technology

Brandon Durham is a technology and learning leader in the mortgage industry who specializes in helping organizations transform the way they connect with employees, customers, and business partners through innovation, education, and emerging technology. A nationally recognized speaker, Brandon is passionate about combining human behavior and innovative technology for modern communication strategies that create more engaged teams, stronger cultures, and exceptional customer experiences. His practical, people-first approach helps organizations turn technology into meaningful business results.

SocialCoach Track

Enhance Your Customer Journeys with Video Pages + Player Cards

Social media gets the scroll, but conversion happens elsewhere. How to build the journey that carries a prospect from a passing scroll into a real conversation, with landing pages and follow-up touchpoints designed to keep momentum going long after the post.
Eric LescarbeauCustomer Success ManagerSocialCoach
11:30 AM
Session The Executive Advantage: How Executive Visibility Drives Recruiting, Trust & Growth A candid panel on why executive visibility matters more than ever, what actually changes inside an organization when leaders show up on camera consistently, and how to build accountability and culture around it so it doesn't fade after two months. We'll get into where AI fits, what to measure beyond views, and the one thing everyone in the room should do Monday morning.
ModeratorKelly YaleChief Growth OfficerSocialCoach
Kelly Yale

Kelly Yale

Chief Growth Officer
SocialCoach

Kelly Yale is Chief Growth Officer at SocialCoach, leading Sales and Marketing. She built her career on the belief that technology should help people connect better, not replace the connection itself. She architected a mortgage CRM and marketing automation platform that helped drive more than $60 billion in growth, founded the fractional growth consultancy OCTO Strategies, and authored Mastering Mortgage Marketing. Speaker, podcast host, and recognized industry leader, Kelly now brings that same relationship-first approach to building SocialCoach's growth engine.

Coleen BogleChief Marketing OfficerThe Money Store
Coleen Bogle

Coleen Bogle

Chief Marketing Officer
The Money Store

Coleen Bogle is the Chief Marketing Officer at The Money Store, where she leads national marketing strategy and has helped turn marketing into a powerful driver of growth, retention, and recruiting. A two-time HousingWire Marketing Leader (2023 and 2026) with more than 17 years in the mortgage industry, Coleen is passionate about building great teams, empowering loan officers, and challenging the "we've always done it this way" mindset. She believes the best marketing happens when people, strategy, creativity, and technology come together to make a real impact.

Lindsey RicciardelliSVP, Marketing & Business DevelopmentAmerican Pacific Mortgage
Lindsey Ricciardelli

Lindsey Ricciardelli

SVP, Marketing & Business Development
American Pacific Mortgage

Lindsey Ricciardelli is SVP of Marketing and Business Development at American Pacific Mortgage. Throughout her career, she worked at creative agencies building personal brands for speakers, coaches, and authors, including Todd Duncan, Jack Canfield, and Brian Tracy, learning firsthand how executive presence drives online influence and sales. Now, with nearly 20 years in the real estate and mortgage industry, she helps leaders understand why showing up on video and social isn't optional; it's how you recruit top talent, grow your business, and lead at scale.

Robin ClaytonHead of Product Strategy, Mortgage Data SolutionsCotality
Robin Clayton

Robin Clayton

Head of Product Strategy, Mortgage Data Solutions
Cotality

Robin Clayton has spent 20+ years turning marketing into revenue, focusing on technology solutions and strategic thinking. She's advised mortgage professionals at all levels on creating videos and a social presence that builds real trust with prospects, partners, and recruits. A HousingWire Marketing Leader (2024) and Women of Influence (2023) award winner, Robin most recently joined Cotality as Head of Product Strategy, Mortgage Data Solutions.

12:15 PM
Lunch Buffet (included)
1:15 PM
Session Leveraging AI to Build Scalable Marketing Systems You already know AI matters — this is about moving from experimentation to implementation. We'll cover how to build an AI marketing engine that serves hundreds of loan officers with timely, localized content without turning your marketing team into the bottleneck, then get into where automation should lean in, where the human element has to stay, and how to measure whether any of it is actually working beyond likes and impressions. Leave with a workflow you can run with your team on Monday.
Drew GillettVP of MarketingGuild Mortgage
2:00 PM
Breakout Breakout Session #2
Industry Track

Creating Marketing Systems Compliance Can Say Yes To

How compliance and AI work together to boost efficiency company-wide without increasing risk. Why compliance isn't the enemy, and how to build a compliance-bot workflow that makes approvals easier.
Jill JohnsonMarketing Compliance ManagerLoan Risk Advisors
Jill Johnson

Jill Johnson

Marketing Compliance Manager
Loan Risk Advisors

Jill is a seasoned compliance leader who blends sharp regulatory expertise with a warm, human, and wildly effective approach to problem-solving. She turns chaos into clarity with project management know-how, building workflows, teams, and strategies that actually work in the real world. Bold, sassy, smart, sincere, freaking hilarious (obviously humble), and consistently the person who tries to elevate every room she walks into—because we are stronger, together.

SocialCoach Track

Building Personalized Customer Feedback Campaigns with Reputation Management

How to turn every closed loan into a review opportunity, automatically. Building personalized feedback campaigns that reach the right customer at the right moment, and the small psychological cues that make a borrower actually want to leave one.
Jordan WildCTOSocialCoach
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
Roundtable Roundtable Discussion Choose the topic that interests you most and grab a seat. Each table seats eight participants and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Topics repeat throughout the conference, so if your first choice is full, you'll have another shot to join that discussion.
  • AI & Automation
  • Video Marketing
  • User Adoption
  • Content Systems & Workflows
  • Compliance
  • Analytics & ROI
  • Recruiting & Employer Brand
  • Marketing Leadership & Team Development
  • Brand Strategy & Messaging
  • Reputation Management & Reviews
  • CRM & Customer Journeys
4:15 PM
Session Real Marketing Wins from Leading Mortgage Teams What's working in video right now, from the teams doing it at scale. The content pillars and formats moving the needle, plus real examples from lenders getting it right.
Ashley MusickDirector of Brand & CommunicationsSocialCoach
4:45 PM
Session The Future of Mortgage Marketing The shift from marketing support to business strategy. AI won't replace marketers, but it will redefine great ones. Why loan officer adoption is becoming a competitive advantage, building trust in an increasingly digital world, and the opportunity mortgage marketers have over the next five years.
Joe WilsonFounder & CEOSocialCoach
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Founder & CEO
SocialCoach

Joe Wilson is the founder and CEO of SocialCoach, the social selling platform trusted by 7 of the top 20 mortgage lenders in the country. A former loan officer and mortgage technology executive with 20+ years of industry experience, Joe helps financial institutions turn social media into authentic relationships and revenue while protecting their brand. SocialCoach empowers teams to create compliant content at scale and add 20%+ to their pipeline.

Friday · Sept 11

Conference Day Two

7:30 AM
Light Breakfast Buffet (included)
9:00 AM
Session From Company Brand to Content Ecosystem A panel discussion on managing company brand and individual loan officer brand at the same time, without one undercutting the other. What stays centralized, what gets handed to the field, and how top marketing teams keep hundreds of individual voices consistent with the brand they represent.
ModeratorAshley MusickDirector of Brand & CommunicationsSocialCoach
Kelli NicholsonVP of Content & Social MediaGuaranteed Rate
Ellie Krabbe
Ellie KrabbeVP of MarketingSynergyOne Lending
Ellie Krabbe

Ellie Krabbe

VP of Marketing
SynergyOne Lending

Ellie Krabbe is the VP of Marketing at Synergy One Lending, with more than 15 years of experience in the mortgage industry. Throughout her career, she has built marketing programs and teams across creative, digital, social, and technology, with a focus on turning marketing into a true driver of business growth. A passionate advocate for modern marketing, Ellie speaks about everything from AI and content strategy to personal branding, customer journeys, and the changing way consumers discover and engage with mortgage professionals.

Kasia StephensonChief Digital Marketing OfficerParamount Residential Mortgage Group
Kasia Stephenson

Kasia Stephenson

Chief Digital Marketing Officer
Paramount Residential Mortgage Group

Kasia Stephenson is Chief Digital Marketing Officer at Paramount Residential Mortgage Group (PRMG), where she leads digital strategy and social enablement to help the sales team sell smarter and connect better with clients. With 18+ years in mortgage and financial services marketing, she's known across the industry for modernizing marketing operations and building brands that actually move the needle.

Jessica Swink
Jessica SwinkSVP of Marketing & Digital StrategyBankSouth Mortgage
Jessica Swink

Jessica Swink

SVP of Marketing & Digital Strategy
BankSouth Mortgage

Jessica Swink is SVP of Marketing & Digital Strategy at BankSouth Mortgage. This mortgage marketing nerd is a professional question-asker and breaker of "the way we've always done it." She loves big ideas, smart tech, big whiteboards, LOs who want to grow, the Buffalo Bills and her dog Kona (not necessarily in that order).

9:45 AM
Session The Adoption Framework: How to Launch, Measure, and Scale Effective Marketing Initiatives Back by popular demand, refreshed with new tactics and a live, build-it-together element. We'll walk through the rollout framework for launching enterprise-wide without stalling, and you'll leave with your own rollout outline built in the room.
Jelaire GrilloAVP MarTech Strategy & AdoptionProsperity Home Mortgage
Jelaire Grillo

Jelaire Grillo

AVP MarTech Strategy & Adoption
Prosperity Home Mortgage

Jelaire serves as AVP of MarTech Strategy and Adoption at Prosperity Home Mortgage. A champion for driving actual utilization in enterprise tech, Jelaire designs and executes high-impact rollout frameworks that align executive buy-in, sales leadership, and loan officers. She also serves as the Marketing Committee Chair and Board Member for the Mortgage Bankers Association of Metropolitan Washington, as well as Co-Chair for the Professional Women's Collective. She is passionate about actionable marketing education, team empowerment, and scalable brand growth.

10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Roundtable Roundtable Discussion Back for round two. If your table filled up yesterday, here's your shot to grab it, or pick a new conversation entirely. Same eight-seat, first-come, first-served format.
  • AI & Automation
  • Video Marketing
  • User Adoption
  • Content Systems & Workflows
  • Compliance
  • Analytics & ROI
  • Recruiting & Employer Brand
  • Marketing Leadership & Team Development
  • Brand Strategy & Messaging
  • Reputation Management & Reviews
  • CRM & Customer Journeys
12:00 PM
Session Turning Ideas into Action Why most conference ideas never get implemented, the first three things to do when you get back to the office, how to prioritize instead of trying to do everything, creating momentum in the first 30 days, and becoming the champion of change inside your organization.
Joe WilsonFounder & CEOSocialCoach
Joe Wilson

Joe Wilson

Founder & CEO
SocialCoach

Joe Wilson is the founder and CEO of SocialCoach, the social selling platform trusted by 7 of the top 20 mortgage lenders in the country. A former loan officer and mortgage technology executive with 20+ years of industry experience, Joe helps financial institutions turn social media into authentic relationships and revenue while protecting their brand. SocialCoach empowers teams to create compliant content at scale and add 20%+ to their pipeline.

12:30 PM
Lunch Buffet (included)
1:30 PM
Session SocialCoach Office Hours Bring your questions and come chat with the team. Whatever's on your mind, we'd love to help you out.
SocialCoach Team

Agenda subject to refinement as we lock in speakers and sessions.

The setting

Surf & Sand Resort, Laguna Beach

Oceanfront, intimate, and built for the kind of conversations that only happen when smart people are relaxed. Sessions with a Pacific view by day, the right people around you the rest of the time.

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Includes all sessions, breakfast, lunch, and snacks both days, plus the welcome reception. No refunds, no transfers. When the 75 are gone, they're gone.

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Sept 9-11, 2026 · Laguna Beach
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